اللَهُ يَعلَمُ أَنّي كَمدُ

لا أَستَطيعُ أَبُثُّ ما أَجِدُ

God knows that I am tight-lipped

I cannot express what I feel

نَفَسانُ لي نَفسٌ تَضَمَّنَها

بَلَدٌ وَأُخرى حازَها بَلَدُ

My soul harbors two souls

One claimed by a country, the other by a homeland

وَأَرى المُقيمَةَ لَيسَ يَنفَعُها

صَبرٌ وَلَيسَ يُقيمُها جَلَدُ

And I see staying does no good

Patience is futile, endurance fails

وَأَظُنُّ غائِبَتي كَشاهِدَتي

بِمَكانِها تَجِدُ الَّذي أَجِدُ

And absence from my love is like her presence

She feels what I feel, though far away